the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

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On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

--

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov

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Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages
from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

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On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages
from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

Your posts got through, though, so ES isn't dead, although
I've heard of occasional problems with the service from
others here. I use Supernews, and haven't had any issues in
15 or 16 years that I can remember (well, maybe once or
twice in that time).

FWIW, I see posts in the "riposte" thread; I'll leave it to
you whether that's a good or bad thing... :-)

--

Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov

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On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages
from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then >quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

That's indeed strange. You mention Eternal-September, but your
headers indicate your post is from aioe, a different Usenet server.
Did you switch servers, perhaps accidentally? If so, switching back
to one or the other might clear this up for you.

--
You're entitled to your own opinions.
You're not entitled to your own facts.

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jillery wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if >>>> I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages >>from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

That's indeed strange. You mention Eternal-September, but your
headers indicate your post is from aioe, a different Usenet server.
Did you switch servers, perhaps accidentally? If so, switching back
to one or the other might clear this up for you.

You are of course right, my brain... I was with ES for ages, but had to
change when I got my new machine, for some reason or other, and had
totally forgotten. Yes it would be aioe, not ES, that's to blame. But it
now looks as if it has been me all along - for some reason some threads
got labelled as "ignore" - not intentionally by me, but could have been clicking on the wrong box

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Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk> wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on
google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages
from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

There are 24 postings here in the 'riposte thread in the last 22 hours,
as seen through eternal september.
It must be a problem at your end,

Jan

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On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 09:53:52 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

jillery wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on >>>>> google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if >>>>> I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages >>>from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems
to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

That's indeed strange. You mention Eternal-September, but your
headers indicate your post is from aioe, a different Usenet server.
Did you switch servers, perhaps accidentally? If so, switching back
to one or the other might clear this up for you.

You are of course right, my brain... I was with ES for ages, but had to >change when I got my new machine, for some reason or other, and had
totally forgotten. Yes it would be aioe, not ES, that's to blame. But it
now looks as if it has been me all along - for some reason some threads
got labelled as "ignore" - not intentionally by me, but could have been >clicking on the wrong box

For me, it's always satisfying to identify a cause to a problem, even
when I'm the cause. Problems that fix themselves also tend to break themselves.

--
You're entitled to your own opinions.
You're not entitled to your own facts.

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jillery <69jpil69@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 09:53:52 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

jillery wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.schafer@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on >>>>>> google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if >>>>>> I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages >>>> from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems >>>> to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then
quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird

That's indeed strange. You mention Eternal-September, but your
headers indicate your post is from aioe, a different Usenet server.
Did you switch servers, perhaps accidentally? If so, switching back
to one or the other might clear this up for you.

You are of course right, my brain... I was with ES for ages, but had to
change when I got my new machine, for some reason or other, and had
totally forgotten. Yes it would be aioe, not ES, that's to blame. But it
now looks as if it has been me all along - for some reason some threads
got labelled as "ignore" - not intentionally by me, but could have been
clicking on the wrong box

For me, it's always satisfying to identify a cause to a problem, even
when I'm the cause. Problems that fix themselves also tend to break themselves.

Is the group dead?

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On Friday, 6 January 2023 at 01:13:52 UTC+2, *Hemidactylus* wrote:

jillery <69jp...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 09:53:52 +0000, Burkhard <b.sc...@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

jillery wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 18:23:25 +0000, Burkhard <b.sc...@ed.ac.uk>
wrote:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jan 2023 17:35:56 +0000, the following appeared in
talk.origins, posted by Burkhard <b.sc...@ed.ac.uk>:

the last message I see on eternal September is from this morning - on >>>>>> google groups there are many more after that, so this is just to see if
I can post from my newsreader

It's working now.

for a given value of working... It seems it does not load any messages >>>> from the "a riposte of fine tuning" thread. When I refresh, there seems >>>> to be a split second when the icon changes to "new messages" but then >>>> quickly changes its mind and says no new messages on the server. weird >>>

That's indeed strange. You mention Eternal-September, but your
headers indicate your post is from aioe, a different Usenet server.
Did you switch servers, perhaps accidentally? If so, switching back
to one or the other might clear this up for you.

You are of course right, my brain... I was with ES for ages, but had to
change when I got my new machine, for some reason or other, and had
totally forgotten. Yes it would be aioe, not ES, that's to blame. But it >> now looks as if it has been me all along - for some reason some threads
got labelled as "ignore" - not intentionally by me, but could have been
clicking on the wrong box

For me, it's always satisfying to identify a cause to a problem, even
when I'm the cause. Problems that fix themselves also tend to break themselves.

Is the group dead?

No. There is very small % of more active groups ... like sci.electronics.design and such. But it can be that Usenet is getting old and ill.

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Dexter <Not@home.com> wrote:

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Good to see you back.

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*Hemidactylus* wrote:

Dexter <Not@home.com> wrote:

test

Good to see you back.

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Thanks, good to be back.

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Chris Thompson wrote:

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